Inés López-Dóriga

I am an archaeobotanist specialising in the study of plant macroremains, such as seeds and fruits, from archaeological sites. The purpose of my work is to investigate human interactions with the natural environment and reconstruct past diets and plant uses.  As a researcher, I am most interested in the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods and the beginnings of cereal agriculture.

Most of my time is spent at the microscope looking at charred plant remains and writing reports and publications about their significance, coordinating radiocarbon dating submissions, doing Bayesian modelling and writing radiocarbon dating reports.